Railroad-tie.



J. P. ONEILL.

RAILROAD TIE. I APYLIOATION FILED MAY 8, 1911.

Patentedi Nov m, 1-911. I

mum Liz/was E a/270 05/162266 AITURNEY'S UNITED STATES .mmns rRAivKO'NEILL, or TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

Reunion-TIE.

To all whom it my concern: a

Be it known that I, JAMES FRANK- ONE LL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Trenton, in the county of Mer cer and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Railroad-Tie, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description. l

My invention relates to a new and improved form of railroad tie.

An object of my invention is to provide a tie preferably made ofconcrete, which tie is composed of a series ot parts flexibly fastenedtogether, two of said parts carrying the pair of rails, and so disposedthat these parts will give slightly as the wheels of the train pass overthe rails.

Vith the above and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinat'tvappear, the present invention consists in certain no'vel details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointedoutin the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures and in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a preferred embodiment of my invention showing the rails insection; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view takenlongitmlinallythrough the tie, and on the line 2-2 of Fig, 3; and Fig. 3 is a plan.vicw looking downupon the tie as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The tie 6 is preferably constructed of a series oi separate sections, asshown herewith being six equal sections, comprising two outer sections7, two middle sections 8 and two rail-carrying sections 9. In thefurther description, but one-half ofthe rail will be described indetail, that is, either the right-hand or the left-hand half, it beingunderstood that this detailed description pertains equally to bothhalves.

, Each of the sections has a pair of longitudinaliy-extending aperturesthcretl'irough,

the apertures in each pair being in alinem'cnt with the correspondingapertures in the next adjacent: section, thereby forming a pair ofalined openings extending throughout the tie. Disposed within each ofsaid alincd openings is a reinforced binding rod 10, which binding rodhas disposed on oppo- Speci ficatton of Letters latent.

Application'filed May 6, 1911. Serial No. 625,458.

Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

site ends thereof, face plates 11,-hel'd firmly against the end section?.by means ofjam nuts 12. Disposed within each of the sectionsandsurrounding the rod 10, is a sleeve 13. The several sections are spaed apart by flexible fabric washers 14. It will be seen by thisconstructionthat the several sections forrna unitaryflexible tie, sothatthere will lJGQSOmQ vertical play betweenthe rail-bearing section '9.and the sections 7 and *8 disposed in each side thereof. The under sideof each of the end sections is recessed to form a pocket 1,5, and theintermediate seetio'ns are i'ecessed longitudinally as shown at- 16, toafford a gripping action between the tie and the ballast in theroad-bed. The sections 7, 8 and 9 on each side of the railaren'csiliently bound together by plates and nods'disposed on oppositelongitudinal sides. 3 z--lransversely disposed across the sections land8, above the sleeve 13, is a bolt 17, and disposed transversely of therail-carrying section 9, is a bolt 18 disposed centrally therein andbeneath the sleeve 13. Abutting each side of the sections-7, 8 and 0.,is'a resilient rod 19, the center portion of which is bent downward intoa V 20, to fit under the bolt 18 as it extends out from the side of thesection 9. Each end of the rod 19 is bent upon itself to form an eyeembracing the rod 17 in each of the sections 7 and 8. Disposed inparallel alinement with the rod 19 and spaced apart from said rod bywashers 21, are facing plates 22 carried by the bolts 17 and firmlypressed into position by means of nuts 23. It will be seen that bythisconstruction the downward movement of the rail-supporting sectionrelative to the sections 7 and 8, will cause aspring will tend torestore the section 9 into horizontal alinement with the sections 7 and8 as soon as the weight has been removed from the section 9. l

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new "and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A railroad tie, comprising six sections,

of binding rods passing longitmlinally through said tie,WtlSllC1S,.C2llIletl by each of said rods disposed between adjacentsections, sleeves within each of said sections surrounding said rods,bolts disposed in each a rail disposed on the section adjacent the endsection from each end of the tie, a pair section transversely of thesame and projectaction to take place in therod 19, which v ing beyondeach side of said section, and resilient means on each side of the tiecarried by the bolts in the sections on each side of the rail-carryingsection, said resilient means supporting the railcarrying section bybearing on the under side of the bolt in said rail-carrying section.

2. A railroad tie, comprising a plurality of sections, bolts passingtransversely through three adjacent sections of said tie, and a roddisposed on each longitudinal side of said three sections, attached tothe outer two of said bolts and passing beneath the middle bolt, wherebythe middle section is resiliently supported by its two adjacentsections.

3. A railroad tie, comprising a plurality of sections, bolts passingtransversely through three ad aQent sections of said tie, a rod disposedon each longitudinal side of said three sections, attached to the outertwo of said bolts and passing beneath the middle bolt, whereby themiddle section is resiliently supported by its two adjacent sections,and facing plates carried by said bolts, holding said rods in position.4

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

JAMES FRANK ONEILL.

Witnesses:

AUGUSTUS KELLUM FORMAN, THOMAS MeEvoY.

